[3.21] 🌿Ultimate Claw Poison Pathfinder - Untouchable Viper - Molten Strike update by FEL

Just posting to say this build has been extremely fun and strong through the whole game. I have not ran into any content that I can't do and it has been a fantastic farmer.

I am considering doing the 99 to 100 grind which I have never done before on any character. Thanks for the awesome build, I did your Elementalist Incinerate build last league and loved it, but did not take it quite this far.

Cheers!

Thanks for the info on plague bearer. Another question about side/utility skills- why do you recommend a vortex setup? It looks like it's designed to apply chill. Is that really good for us?

Is there any way to skip out on Vortex and the totem and still perform well? Are there any alternatives? I've never liked either, otherwise it looks like a really cool build.

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Cherry9 wrote:

Is there any way to skip out on Vortex and the totem and still perform well? Are there any alternatives? I've never liked either, otherwise it looks like a really cool build.

You could change vortex with something else, but the totem makes you deal a lot more damage, so not recommended to switch that.

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mentalfrost wrote:

Just posting to say this build has been extremely fun and strong through the whole game. I have not ran into any content that I can't do and it has been a fantastic farmer.

I am considering doing the 99 to 100 grind which I have never done before on any character. Thanks for the awesome build, I did your Elementalist Incinerate build last league and loved it, but did not take it quite this far.

Cheers!

Tyvm for this feedback!

Gl on your journey to 💯! :D

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gallantblues wrote:

Thanks for the info on plague bearer. Another question about side/utility skills- why do you recommend a vortex setup? It looks like it's designed to apply chill. Is that really good for us?

It's a mini defensive layer to chill the enemies and make their actions slower. You can use something else if you want.

Really enjoying this build. Is there anything I can improve with gear? I'm having trouble with Uber Elder Fight (though it could be that I'm just not very good :) ).

Just killed Sirus 8 with the build. Skipped whole phase 3, damage is so good :)

https://youtu.be/C0nZR7vcqB0

After playing with pestilient strike for 2 weeks now, I think it is the best melee skill in the game right now

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Aeia wrote:

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Cherry9 wrote:

Is there any way to skip out on Vortex and the totem and still perform well? Are there any alternatives? I've never liked either, otherwise it looks like a really cool build.

You could change vortex with something else, but the totem makes you deal a lot more damage, so not recommended to switch that.

You can stop using totem if you get Timeless jewel with wither on hit chance.

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delgar89 wrote:

You can stop using totem if you get Timeless jewel with wither on hit chance.

This won't work if you're using Pestilent Strike, right? Because that would be amazing. I might give VG a try if that allows me to get rid of the totem but I'm primarily interested in PS. Also, do you think I can get it up and running well enough to red maps with about 2-3 ex? And farm some more currency from there.

Thanks!

Edit: Disregard my first question, I misunderstood how Timeless Jewels worked.

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Cherry9 wrote:

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delgar89 wrote:

You can stop using totem if you get Timeless jewel with wither on hit chance.

This won't work if you're using Pestilent Strike, right? Because that would be amazing. I might give VG a try if that allows me to get rid of the totem but I'm primarily interested in PS. Also, do you think I can get it up and running well enough to red maps with about 2-3 ex? And farm some more currency from there.

Thanks!

Why woudn't it work with Pestilient Strike? It works with any spell or attack that hits. You can have up to 100% chance to wither if u get such lucky jewel with 4 ritual of shadows nodes. I explained it few pages ago.



With 3 ex you can go either 6l chest or 5l chest and rest of budget gear. You can start with Wasp's nest claws. Keep in mind that without optimizing, this build can feel squishy on red maps. I didn't test this build with budget gear but I think there's a reason Autor of this build didn't mentioned budget options.